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I. Farkas, D. Helbing, T. Vicsek,
Mexican waves in an excitable medium.
Nature 419, 131-132 (2002).
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Mexikói hullámok gerjeszthető közegben.
Fizikai Szemle 2003/7, 246-247 (2003).
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